Monthly meetings and a peer-observation program help novice teachers overcome isolation and practice new skills that support improved student learning. Peer observation is not without its difficulties. Above all else, the point of the program is to make teachers more comfortable observing, sharing instructional ideas, and learning from one…

Background/Context: How students develop a capacity to examine and imagine the past impacts how they think about the present and imagine the future. This study contributes to research about teachers' beliefs and practices about teaching United States history through cultural encounters and nontraditional historical narratives. Although there is a…

Because children who are deaf or hard of hearing are being identified at birth, fitted with advanced hearing technology, and enrolled in early intervention programs, families increasingly seek professionals who can provide services that support their choice of listening and spoken language. The increased demand for these services and shortages of…

The introduction to this paper gives a short overview of the Environment and Schools Initiatives (ENSI) perspective on teaching competences. We argue that as change is one of the key elements of sustainable development, reflection that helps to adapt educational practice to a continuously developing world should be a starting point for every…

The document reports on six minigrant projects designed to promote cross training and dialogue among New York State professionals concerned with the education of handicapped individuals. Sections on each project contain a project abstract and/or project objectives, a description of project activities and a list of products developed during the…

Describes Projects PRICE's (Programming Retarded in Career Education) inservice training program (which has been field tested and evaluated) for school districts, designed to train various types of school personnel, parents, community agency workers, and employers to provide mildly retarded students more relevant instruction and supportive…

Describes a program in which every teacher of grades 6 through 9 is involved for one week at the beginning of the year in teaching his students reading skills in his particular subject area. (JR)

The article outlines an inservice training program for leadership personnel, special services staff, and regular classroom teachers which focuses on a comprehensive approach to successful implementation of P.L. 94-142 (the Education for All Handicapped Children Act), and provides for staff survival. (SBH)

Some problems are described of consortium teacher centers, which have been organized among higher education institutions, professional organizations, and school districts to plan and implement teacher education programs. (JMF)

Paper based on Masters Thesis, Iowa State Univ.

School systems looking for successful types of in-service reading programs can offer the following types of programs which have fared well in the New Haven schools: Reading Share-In; Reading Exposition; Mini-Reading Courses; and Make It and Take It Workshops. (Author/CB)

Describes an experimental effort in in-service administrator education that evolved from the literature on change and developed to meet the particular needs of the Swedish educational system. (Author/IRT)

Describes a project--"Curriculum: School Administration"--developed to fill the need for formal preparation of supervisory and school-level administrators. A prognosis for future developments is given along with the caution that it is too early to predict how training programs might become institutionalized. (Author/IRT)

A prerequisite for AfL to be successfully implemented in the classroom is the teachers' assessment practice. In many contexts, including the Norwegian, AfL has not been successfully dealt with during initial teacher education, and there is a need for qualified teachers to engage in professional development in AfL. This article first discusses…

How can we use new technology to support and educate the science leaders of tomorrow? This unique book describes the design, development, and implementation of an effective science leadership program that promotes collaboration among scientists and science educators, provides authentic research experiences for educators, and facilitates adaptation…